The subject of this paper is one that has come increasingly and compellingly to the attention of psychiatrists and other students of human behavior in recent years. The impact of the social environment on the life history, and the relevance of the life history to mental illness, are no longer in serious question as clinical and research findings. But, even though we have come a considerable dis...

THE PREDICTION OF VIOLENT RECIDIVISM AMONGST INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS: SITUATIONAL VS. DISPOSITIONAL FACTORS By Michelle Nicole Harris August 2016 Committee Chair: Dr. Brent Teasdale Major Department: Criminal Justice and Criminology The objective of this study is to evaluate why some individuals with mental illness are more inclined to violently recidivate. There appears to be two per...

OBJECTIVE To identify the risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents. METHOD An integrative review was conducted in four databases with publications from 2007 to 2013. The terms Adolescent and Mental Health were used to search adequate articles as DeCs/MeSH bases. RESULTS Publications were found in different journals in different fields of knowledge and the quantitativ...

BACKGROUND Most mental disorders start in childhood and adolescence. Risk factors are prenatal and perinatal, genetic as well as environmental and family related. Research evidence is, however, insufficient to explain the life-course development of mental disorders. This study aims to provide evidence on factors affecting mental health in childhood and adolescence. DATA AND METHODS The 1987 F...

PURPOSE Unfavourable exposure to psychosocial work factors threatens older employees' mental health, and their sustained employment. This study assesses whether an improved compared to stable unfavourable and stable favourable exposure to psychosocial work factors is associated with a change in mental health in older employees at 3-year follow-up. METHODS The current study used data from the ...

mental health plays an important role in ensuring the dynamism and efficiency of every community. since human resources have crucial role in the cultural, social and economical developments of communities, students also are the brilliant segments of society and creators of future of each country therefore, assessing of their mental health is of utmost importance. the aim of the present study is...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of variables such as personality traits, driving behavior and mental illness on road traffic accidents among the drivers with accidents and those without road crash. methods: in this cohort study, 800 bus and truck drivers were recruited. participants were selected among drivers who referred to imam sajjad hospital (tehran, iran) duri...

emotional freedom technique (eft) as a new therapeutic technique in energy psychology has positive effects on psychological and physiological symptoms, and quality of life. in this research we studied the effect of this treatment on immunological factors. this study tested whether 8-week group sessions of eft (compared to a wait-list control group) with emphasis on patient's respiratory, psycho...